...things indiff 'rent, reason bids us ehoose, Whether the whim 'sa monkey or a muse. Churehill And thou, sweet poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ! Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To eateh the heart, or strike for honest fame. Dear eharming nymph, negleeted...

...tenderness, are there ; And piety with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to...pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so , Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou...

...important, I felt a thrill to my very soul, as if I had found a blessing : and so I had. " And them, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, " Still first to..." To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame." Good poetry is one of the richest traits that a cultivated mind can possibly enjoy. To poetry I was...

...central presence of poetry in Thomson's plentiful and propertied social order) : And thou, sweet Poesy, thou loveliest Maid, Still first to fly where sensual...for honest fame. Dear charming nymph, neglected and denied, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st...

...Drugs One man's poison is another man's drug. Father Ronald Knox (1888-1957) British clergyman, writer Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe. That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Anglo-Irish author Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and...

...ALLEN GINSBERG (b. 1926), US poet. Quoted in: Barry Miles. Ginsberg; Л Biography, ch. 16 (1989). It . 9 If you have embraced OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-74), Anglo-Irish author, poel, playwright. The Descried Village, referring specifically...

...tendemess are there; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to...shame. To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; 410 Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source...

...day. 4160 The Deserted Village In all the silent manliness of grief. 4141 4161 The Deserted Village sy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' 4162 'Edwin and Angelinu. or the Hermit' Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long....

...probity and national virtue. It offers the poet inspiration and reduces him to vocational distress ("Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, / That found'st me poor at first, and keeps't me so" lines 413-14). The "woe" mentioned here is no doubt meant to indicate both the poet's enhanced sensitivity...

...unceremoniously, with teasing affection, as if she were a lovable and not quite respectable mistress: Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame...That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. ... (411-14) This kind of writing, while in fact belonging to a different poetic tradition than the...